October Survey results

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• To: p*@athenet.net
• Subject: October Survey results
• From: E* M* <e*@vt.edu>
• Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:29:41 +0500

Hello,

I know I promised you these a while ago  so without further delay here you
go.

The survey itself turned out to be a sham. The questions I asked did not
really apply the way I thought they would. The one useful thing I was trying
to come up with was  a formula to predict the largest pumpkin you could grow
in a given area.

In my orginal data the formula came out like this:

pumpkin size in lbs=0.0602(garden size insqft)+ 149.2270 with a 63% chance of
this happening.

This really isn't much more than a 50/50 chance so I devided the number of
plants into the garden size and recieved this little better formula:

pumpkin size in lbs=0.1427(garden size in sqft)+ 142.7379 with a 75%  chance
of it happening.

I think we can get a better correlation by asking everyone to tell their
largest pumpkin size and the area used to grow this particular pumpkin.

I will ask this question when everyone returns for the  growing season.

Other than that here are a few stats from the survey.
83% grow AG 

90% don't compete in  gardening competitions.

6% have secrets they are holding from the group.

83% have three or fewer years growing pumpkins.

By using my secret formula I was able to decipher the following:

 10% have either thought of or actually sabotaged someone elses
patch.(Remember there are lies, damn lies and statistics)

 THANKS AGAIN to all who helped!

Happy New Year,
Mr Fool

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